Monthly Archives: October 2011

The law is what the Supreme Court says it is. This legal adage springs from the nature of our government.  While it is congress that enacts or passes a law, it is the court that interprets it. Sometimes, the interpretation represents the true intent or spirit of the law as originally contemplated by the lawmakers….

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MANILA, Philippines – The management of the country’s flag carrier Philippine Airlines is no longer interested in going back to the negotiating table to discuss ways to end the impasse with striking employees, PAL president Jaime Bautista said yesterday.

BEFORE Android, smart phones and tablets became all the rage in tech-savvy Manila, the camera phone was the gadget of choice of the upwardly-mobile urbanite. The demand for camera phones reached fever pitch in early 2001 with people from all walks of life owning, if not wanting one. The Filipinos’ fondness for instant “photo-ops” and…

Amid the irrevocable implementation of the 12 percent VAT on toll starting today, October 1, Zambales Rep. Ma. Milagros “Mitos” Magsaysay joined progressive lawmakers in calling on the Department of Labor and Employment (DoLE) to reassess the feasibility of a wage increase for workers to able to cope with inflation and skyrocketing prices of goods.

Even with the implementation of the value added tax (VAT) on toll starting today, Malacañang downplayed claims that this would jack up prices of basic commodities and may even warrant a fare increase in public utility vehicles plying along tollways.

A tourist wanders into a back-alley antique shop in San Francisco’s Chinatown. Picking through the objects on display, he discovers a detailed, life-sized, bronze sculpture of a rat. The sculpture is so interesting and unique, that he picks it up and asks the shop owner what it costs.

A Hong Kong court yesterday ruled Friday that a law banning foreign maids from permanent residency in the city is unconstitutional, in a landmark case that could pave the way for a flood of applications.

MANILA, Philippines – The country’s foreign debt climbed 7.3 percent to $61.4 billion in the first half of the year from $57.3 billion a year ago on the back of an upward foreign exchange revaluation due to the general weakness of the dollar against major currencies, Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) Governor Amando M. Tetangco…

Philippine Airlines (PAL) yesterday defended the implementation of its spin off/outsourcing program against critics, pointing out that the company is well within its right to restructure operations to ensure long-term survival and to save the jobs of its 5,000 remaining employees.

With the congressional leaders agreeing to list, as one of Congress’ priority bills, the Freedom of Information bill, there was an instant reaction from President Aquino, who came up with yet another excuse not to have this bill prioritized and conjuring up images of dangerous situations as a result of an FoI Act.

DRILON PRESSES CHA-CHA, ECONOMIC AMENDMENTS Senators yesterday expectedly raised a howl over the reported consensus reached by Congress leaders during Thursday’s legislative summit, to explore the idea of tinkering with the Constitution, saying that there was no prior discussion on this, much more, was there a collective position among upper chamber members even reached.